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Trump news at a glance: at Davos, president rambles, backs down and touts ‘future deal’ on Greenland

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Donald Trump during a meeting with Nato secretary general Mark Rutte in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

It was quite a day in Davos.

Donald Trump began his time at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday with a rambling, racism-drenched speech in which he attacked European leaders and reasserted his demand to acquire Greenland. But hours later, the US president backed down and eased off his threats to impose tariffs on several allied nations, claiming he had reached “the framework of a future deal” concerning the US’s involvement in the Danish territory.

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